Fastening The Chicken Wire

[Lembomw]

On to the next project in finishing my '30 Tudor.

Got the top kit this week. Will be installing the chicken wire since I think I need something to use as a strong base since I am also installing the Quiet Ride insulation on top of the chicken wire.

I thought I read someplace that I can use the air staples to tack the chicken wire down to the wood cross members. The shortest staples I can find for my air gun are 1/2 inch long and 1/4 inch wide. It looks to me that the 1/2 inch long staples seems too long and may split the wood slats.

Would greatly appreciate guidance from someone who has put down chicken wire as to the best way to do it.

Thanks, Mark

[Logan]

When I do it, I use little tack nails, and just make sure the head of the nail is overlapping the wire. I just did this after putting new top wood in a Tudor last week. Once the chicken wire was on my boss hauled the car down I35 to take it to pate swap meet to sell without the top material on it. He hauls trailers at 80 mph+ and the chicken wire held on just fine.

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Marco has some well-defined guidance on his website

http://www.abarnyard.com/workshop/roofinstall-2.htm

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[t42]

Brent,
That is one of the best install sites that I have seen in a long time.
Thanks for sharing.
Skip in MN.

[ford3]

if you have an upholstery suppy store in your area, they carry short staples, ive bought them at harbor frieght also, also check at your friendly upholster, the nails work ok, but to hard for me to strech and hold the wire will nailing it in place, with the staple gun you dont need 3 hands and i think the staples hold better and tighter

[ctlikon0712]

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Brent, I just want to say, "Thanks for sticking around and taking time out from running your business to help us hobby guy's out here on the Barn." I hope you don't go anywhere, I miss Marco's and Vince's input.

[Dal's Dream Car]

I used 1/4 staples with an air powered stapler and tapped each staple down with a tack hammer.

[spdway1]

Was chicken wire original?

[30Ford]

yup chicken wire ...lots of fun

[Doug in NJ]

I also used a HF air stapler and the staples they sold for it, and it worked fine.
An air stapler is vastly superior to the traditional Arrow brand spring-powered kind. It was very handy for the upholstery, too.

Doug

Originally Posted by ford3

if you have an upholstery suppy store in your area, they carry short staples, ive bought them at harbor frieght also, also check at your friendly upholster, the nails work ok, but to hard for me to strech and hold the wire will nailing it in place, with the staple gun you dont need 3 hands and i think the staples hold better and tighter

[Slowplane]

Here on the west coast, I was informed by my local Home Depot clerk that the term "chicken wire" is no longer politically correct. It is now referred to as "poultry retention cloth"!

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by Slowplane

Here on the west coast, I was informed by my local Home Depot clerk that the term "chicken wire" is no longer politically correct. It is now referred to as "poultry retention cloth"!

I assume you are joking, but if not I say "what a crock"

It's just like used car dealers think the cars shouldn't be called "used" but instead they are called "previously owned". Again, what a crock! Like we are so stupid we don't know what a used car is, and a previously owned car is supposed to be better.

[Slowplane]

Oh yeah,Tom, completely tonque-in-cheek. We had a good yuck about it!

[Lembomw]

Thank you for your input gentlemen. I am going with my air stapler. The shortest staples that Home Depot has for it are 1/2 long. Today I tried shortening the 7/8 inch staples that I already have. It worked very well. I used my Dremel with the small metal cutting wheel, cut a full stick (or whatever you call the staples that are stuck together) of staples to about 3/8 inch then on my fine grinding wheel put points on each side of the stick. Tested them in the air gun and it worked perfectly.

Thank you again for your input.

Mark

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

I assume you are joking, but if not I say "what a crock"

It's just like used car dealers think the cars shouldn't be called "used" but instead they are called "previously owned". Again, what a crock! Like we are so stupid we don't know what a used car is, and a previously owned car is supposed to be better.

Whadda' CROCK!! Dog here, SO, am I a PRE-OWNED, certified Dog with a 37 point inspection & a Lifetime Warranty?? No, I'm just a really nice, very original USED DOG Buster T.